The first bit of exciting news from CeBIT this week: Samsung has officially announced plans for a clamshell version of the highly-anticipated U900 Slide phone. The G400 SOUL offers equally desirable features when compared to the slide version, if not more so. Even die-hard Slider fans will find it difficult to resist the functional beauty of the G400.

The G400 comes with not one - but two screens, an internal 2.2" QVGA LCD screen, and an external 2.2" touchscreen with Haptic Touch features. Essentially they've taken the U900's touchpad and turned it into a fully-fledged screen, capable of displaying components of the customizable interface such as the calendar, clock, messages, and access to the phone's multimedia features. It appears to be the same phone covered by Gizmodo last month, but lacking one of the touchscreens.

Like the U900, the G400 has a 5 megapixel camera, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, as well as being largely made of metal.

Reportedly, the G400 will be available in May/June for about $500.

Specs
- Specsheet @gsmarena.com

No, that's not a printer, it's an Air Conditioner (unless you consider Air Conditioners to be Air Printers). It's Samsung's latest bacteria-killing Air Conditioner dramatically named Vivace Shadow Mirror.

The Vivace Shadow Mirror includes Samsung's proprietary Micro Plasma Ion technology, which works in conjunction with a carbon deoderizer to clean and purify your crisp, cool air. According to Samsung, MPI can eliminate up to 78% of atmospheric fungus and 58% percent of atmospheric bacteria within 30 minutes of being initiated. The sleek, sheer exterior also hides a Silver Nano evaporator (what?) and a Catechin filter (a bioflavonoid found in green tea with antiviral/antioxidant qualities, as well as deodorizing and anti-bacterial properties - again, what?).

It's very possible that Samsung's engineers had been watching too much anime before they named this unit. The Vivace Shadow Mirror is currently available in Asia for about S$800.

Samsung are expanding their line of 'classy' tech with the addition of two new very shiny, black, Sapphire-Blue LED endowed printer devices: the SCX-4500, a multifuction scanner/printer combo; and the ML-1630, touted as "the world's slimmest monochrome laser printer".

Samsung are quite proud of their new printer series, hence the tagline (keeping to their 'imagine' theme): "Imagine the Pride". But to fully appreciate exactly how proud they are, you really need to see the dedicated flash site, complete with ambient-chillout music - it's on par with most luxury automobile promotions.

Highlights include being entirely glossy and matte black (they even provide a complimentary cleaning cloth, as they do with most of their shiny products), touch-sensitive buttons, and sapphire blue LEDs. The SCX-4500 is even adorned with a blue Cylon-esque light that moves backwards and forwards when the scanner is in use.

It's almost worth buying just for it's stylish good looks and charm.

The Specs
- ML-1630 Specsheet @CNET
- SCX-4500 Specsheet @CNET

Reviews
- ML-1630 Review @ZDNet
- SCX-4500 Review @CNET Asia
- SCX-4500 Review @Trusted Reviews

The SCX-4500 and ML-1630 are retailing at most decent online computer stores and the Apple Store, and carry the fairly luxurious price tags of $300 and $200, respectively.